Daily Covid cases cross 16k after 6 days, 268 patients die

Nagpur: After six days, the daily Covid-19 cases crossed 16,000 in Vidarbha on Friday. Total 16,094 new cases were reported on Friday, which is highest-ever for the region since the beginning of pandemic. However, about 70,000 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.
The day also saw 268 deaths. Recoveries were 13,330, a five-digit increase for the fifth consecutive day. The recovery rate, which was around 78% for last five days, jumped to 79% on Friday. Now, out of 7,49,958 patients registered in the region, 5,92,396 have recovered.
The Nagpur district reported 82 deaths, including 54 from city and 20 from Nagpur rural. Remaining 186 deaths, near 70% of the day’s toll, were from other districts of Vidarbha which is a strong indicator of rural and interior spread of Covid-19.
Chandrapur district reported 34 deaths — only five from municipal corporation area and remaining all from rural areas of the district. Bhandara reported 30 deaths, most of them from rural area, while Yavatmal reported 24 deaths, out of which only 8 were from Yavatmal city and other 16 from rural parts of the district.
In all, more than 50% of the deaths are from far rural areas of Vidabrha, which is a cause of concern now. In the last four days, Vidarbha has reported 1,068 deaths. More than 600 of them are from rural areas.
The rising number of patients under-treatment is also a major worry. On Friday, active cases reached 1,43,638. Except Gadchiroli and Washim, all other districts now have more than 5,000 patients under treatment — Nagpur (73,349) and Chandrapur (14,182) are leading the chart.
Bhandara: The district reported 1,120 new cases and almost similar number of recoveries. There were 30 deaths on Friday, second highest in Vidarbha after Nagpur. The district now has 42,581 cases, including 30,483 recoveries, 672 deaths and 11,426 patients under treatment.
Gondia: The cumulative toll reached 433 after death of 21 more patients on Friday. Caseload reached 29,050 as 675 new cases were reported on Friday. Recoveries reached 21,979, including 742 on Friday. Now, 5,373 patients are under treatment in Gondia.
Gadchiroli: Apart from 497 new cases, the district saw 283 recoveries and 15 deaths on Friday. The caseload reached 17,433, including 13,056 recoveries and 295 deaths. Now, 4,082 patients are under treatment.
Washim: Caseload increased to 24,476 after detection of 718 new cases. The day also saw 542 recoveries, taking the total to 20,009. Nine patients died on Friday to take the toll to 254. There are 4,212 patients under treatment.
Akola: Out of 4,050 tests conducted in a day, 564 came positive. The district also saw 304 recoveries and eight deaths on Friday. Now, the district has 36,709 cases, including 29,677 recoveries and 610 deaths. Now, 6,422 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: The district once again reported more than 1,000 new cases. With 1,035 new cases, the caseload reached 56,735. Recoveries were 733 while five patients died in the district. The toll of Buldhana reached 361. Now, 7,343 patients are under treatment.
Yavatmal: The Yavatmal district recorded 25 deaths on Friday which took the toll to 1,056 so far. Out of 45,541 tested positive so far, 38,648 including 1,049 of Friday have recovered and discharged from the hospitals. At present, there are 5,840 active positive patients of whom 2,691 are in hospitals and 3,149 in home quarantine. On Friday, the administration received 6,020 test reports of which 1,085 (638 men and 447 women) are found positive and 4,935 negative. The test positivity rate has climbed up to 12.14% and the death rate is 2.31%.
Wardha: District crossed the 5,000-mark of active positive cases after 752 new cases were detected and 451 patients were discharged on Friday. Now 5,155 active positives are under treatment. And the caseload is 29,745 and recoveries 23,957. 17 deaths were reported due to Covid-19 and the casualties were reported from Wardha (3 women, 9 men), Hinganghat and Deoli (a man and a woman each) and Selu (a 35-year-old woman). The toll reached 633. The new cases were detected from Wardha (439), Hinganghat (100), Deoli (86), Selu (44), Samudrapur (29), Ashti (25), Karanja (16) and Arvi (13).
Chandrapur: The district witnessed highest death of 34 in a day on Friday taking the toll to 733. There were 1,511 new detections, while 1,055 patients, the highest for a day so far, were discharged during the day. There are 14,182 patients left under treatment. The Covid caseload has climbed to 49,494, while 35,579 patients have recovered so far.